Where to start decorating?
Of course, making decorations for wedding cars with your own hands is not entirely simple, but armed with patience, perseverance and accuracy, you can achieve your goal.
First, it’s worth considering photos of possible options for decorating cars.
It is important to take into account the color of the car. Decorations in the form of ribbons look most advantageous on black and white cars. It is not advisable to use too many decorations so that the cars do not look tacky and vulgar.
When preparing materials for decorating the newlyweds’ car, you must take into account its size..
There are different ribbons: blue, white, red
Witness tapes are specially treated strips of fabric with inscriptions printed on them. As a rule, satin is used as a material for distinctive ribbons due to its elegant, festive look. The tradition involves the use of red ribbons, as a symbol of change and passionate emotions of the holiday, with golden plating of the inscriptions: “Honorary Witness” or “Witness at the Wedding.” Usually, near the inscriptions there are the same golden decorations - patterns, doves, hearts or rings.
The modern wedding services market offers witness ribbons in a wide variety of colors: from pink and blue to completely golden with a contrasting inscription. Particularly extravagant friends of the newlyweds use ribbons symbolizing the national flag. There are many companies that, at the request of the customer, will put any inscription and image on wedding ribbons. If you don’t know where to look for such services, but have an original idea for creating exclusive feeds, contact the Svadbaholik.Ru website for information - and your fantasies will become reality.
Master class on making ribbon for a wedding car
Before you begin, you need to prepare all the tools and materials that may be needed, namely:
- Threads of different colors, pencil, scissors, glue gun.
- Artificial roses in the amount of 24 pcs.
- A piece of tulle 120cm wide and 150cm long.
- Satin ribbon 5 cm wide and 5 m long.
- Satin ribbon 2-2.5 cm wide and 2 m long.
- Narrow ribbon of two colors, a total of 5m.
- 40 cm of thin fabric 1.5 m wide.
- Thick cardboard for decorative details. You can use shoe boxes for this.
- Draw a heart of a suitable size on a sheet of cardboard and carefully cut it out. Then, inside this part, draw and cut out another heart to create an outline 5-6 cm wide.
- Cut the thin fabric into two long strips, fold each in half lengthwise and wrap the heart, securing the edges of the fabric with glue.
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- Evenly distribute 14 artificial flowers over the entire surface of the heart and carefully attach them using a glue gun.
- The next step is to decorate the ribbons that attach the heart to the hood of the car. Cut the tulle into 6 ribbons 1.5 m long, sew the long side of each of them with thread and pull it together, forming a circle. Securely secure the base with thread and glue the flower in the center. So make 6 elements.
- Cut a wide satin ribbon into three parts - two 2 m long and one 1 m long. Attach the long parts symmetrically to the upper curves of the heart, and the short part to the lower part.
- Using glue, evenly attach the roses in tulle rosettes to the ribbons. For greater reliability, it is recommended to sew them with matching threads.
DIY Witness Badges
DIY badges for witnesses
Such hand badges for witnesses for a wedding are easy to make . To do this, prepare :
- two purple templates with carved edges with a diameter of 15 cm;
- transparent white tape 35 cm long and 0.5 cm wide;
- two small ikebana arrangements made of artificial flowers, in which at least one flower must match the color of the napkins;
- white cardboard signs with the inscriptions “Groomsman” and “Bridesmaid”, which can be printed or hand-signed in original font;
- 4 rhinestones;
- 4 transparent beads;
- hot glue.
Wedding hand badges for witnesses are created like this:
- Thread clear tape through the holes in the napkin patterns.
- Glue signs to the bottom of the napkins.
- In the middle of the napkins on top of the signs, glue ikebana flowers, arranging them beautifully.
- Glue 2 rhinestones on the sides of the signs, put two transparent beads on the ikebana flowers.
And don’t forget to wear jewelry, because all the attention will shift from your wrist with the badge to your fingers. For example, a gold ring with cubic zirconia looks perfect on your hand .
Gold ring with cubic zirconia, Kalina Zolotaya (price on the link)
What to do with the remaining materials?
No mistakes were made in calculating the materials; everything that remains is used to dress up other cars or door handles.
A medium-width ribbon should be cut into pieces 0.5 m long, each of which should be tied with a bow with long ends. Cut a narrow ribbon of two colors into pieces of 20 cm and sew on 2 pieces. each color to the bow. Make a rosette from pieces of tulle measuring 20*40cm, attach a bow to it in the center, and glue a rosette on top.
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What should you pay attention to?
How to decorate a wedding car? Solving this issue requires not only a creative approach, but also knowledge, especially those obtained experimentally.
To avoid common mistakes, you should pay attention to the following points:
- When decorating a wedding car with fresh flowers, you need to be prepared for the fact that by the end of the celebration they will turn into an unattractive sight, so it is advisable to prepare a backup decor option.
- You should not use balloons for decoration during the cold season, as they may burst when exposed to cold air.
- You cannot use glue to attach decorative elements, because a damaged car coating is not the most pleasant news on your wedding day.
- Decorations for the car should be consistent with the overall color scheme of the wedding. And it is even more undesirable to make too colorful decorations on one car.
Bow for a wedding car
Recently, decorations for wedding processions made of fabric have come into fashion. It looks stylish and unusual. This decor also goes well with artificial or fresh flowers. Usually this is a large bow that is attached to the hood or trunk, as well as wide satin or chiffon ribbons, which, on the one hand, help secure the bow, and, on the other hand, complete the decor. You can make your own wedding bow for your car using a piece of satin fabric and multi-colored ribbons. The master class is shown in the video below:
Such a bow will look good on the hood of a car or on the trunk. But if you decide to make a larger bow to hang on the roof of your car, you should first starch the fabric so that it holds its shape better. To do this, you need to prepare a starch solution: one teaspoon of corn starch per liter of water. First, the powder is diluted in cold water, then hot water is added and mixed so that there are no lumps left. You need to soak the fabric for 15-20 minutes, and then dry it carefully.
There is another simple way to make a bow for a wedding car. This bow will need to be placed on the hood of the car. To do this, you will need two rectangular pieces of satin fabric in bright, contrasting shades that are in harmony with the color of the car. The first should be slightly smaller in width than the width of the hood. The second piece of fabric should be smaller in width and length, about one third. The manufacturing technology is very simple: you need to put fabrics on top of each other and sew them together. Make a tie in the center to make a bow.
To the central part you can attach fabric or fresh flowers, soft toys, or transparent fabric that will resemble a veil. You can secure this piece using double-sided tape, magnets (they will need to be sewn into special pockets) or using ribbons that will be passed under the hood (then you will need to sew four ribbons at the corners of the bow).
Another way to sew a bow on a wedding car is demonstrated in this video. If you take a denser fabric as a basis, you can make a beautiful bow of a larger size, which can be attached to the roof of the car, doors, hood or trunk.
Benefits of ribbon jewelry
Ribbons are the simplest and most affordable decorative element for wedding cars. Their color palette is huge, so choosing the required shade will not be difficult.
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The tapes are easy to attach to the hood, door handles and mirrors of the car, and the fastening will be reliable. When the car moves, they flutter beautifully, attracting the attention of others. Compared to other accessories, ribbons are more resistant to precipitation, so the decoration will be attractive in any weather.
When making decorations from ribbons for your car with your own hands, you can use any available decorative elements: beads, rhinestones, bows, flowers.
How else can you use ribbons at a wedding?
The bride and groom, showing ingenuity and a creative approach to business, will be able to use this accessible material to realize the most unexpected ideas.
Tapes can be used in the following cases:
- For a wedding arch. This solution has several advantages compared to a flower arch. Firstly, it is much cheaper. Secondly, the appearance of such an arch will not be spoiled by unpredictable rain or snow. Thirdly, the correct selection of material and color will allow you to create an arch that perfectly matches the style of the wedding.
- For decorating chairs . Ribbons attached to the backs of chairs for guests will become an additional decoration of the banquet hall.
- Using multi-colored ribbons, you can create a great area for a photo shoot.
- Ribbons placed quite tightly in a vertical position can hide from prying eyes any part of the room that does not correspond to the chosen wedding style.
- To greet the newlyweds. Bright pieces of ribbon are tied to smooth, beautiful sticks and distributed to guests. They wave them as the newlyweds leave the registry office.
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- A wedding bouquet will look more romantic and delicate if you decorate it with long hanging ribbons.
- A cake decorated with ribbons looks very unusual They can also be used to decorate the table on which sweets are located.
- Ribbons can be used to make a small basket that can be used for flower petals or wedding rings.
- In order to decorate the newlyweds' table , you can make a topiary of roses made from colored ribbons.
- make small boutonnieres from multi-colored ribbons and give them to guests as a souvenir of the wedding.
A creative approach, perseverance and accuracy are the main components of making wedding decorations with your own hands, which will certainly lead to success.
